Steven Wilson Presents: Intrigue- Progressive Sounds In UK Alternative Music 1979–89

Demon Records is proud to release Intrigue - Steve Wilson Presents: Progressive Sounds In UK Alternative Music 1979-89, a new compilation assembled by acclaimed musician, singer/songwriter, and record producer, Steven Wilson. 

“This is my personally-curated attempt to redress the balance, and to perhaps introduce any ‘80s-sceptics out there to the idea that conceptual thinking and ambition didn’t suddenly evaporate after ’77… ambitious, weird and thrilling music was all around you in the ‘80s —if you looked in the right places.” - Steven Wilson

Featuring 19 tracks, the collection explores the creativity, experimentation and progressive spirit of alternative British music from 1979-1989. Artists include XTC, The Stranglers, Ultravox, The Durutti Column, Cocteau Twins and many more.

Pressed on two 140g vinyl (mastered by Phil Kinrade and cut by Barry Grint at AIR Mastering) housed in printed inner sleeves and accompanied by a 12-page booklet with an introduction by Steven Wilson and extensive track-by-track liner notes by James Nice.

4CD and 7LP editions are also available featuring 58 tracks and expanded liner notes.

2LP

LP 1
SIDE 1
1. A Better Home In The Phantom Zone – Bill Nelson’s Red Noise
2. Back To Nature – Magazine
3. Complicated Game (Steven Wilson 2014 Mix) - XTC
4. The Raven – The Stranglers
5. Puppet Life – Punishment Of Luxury

SIDE 2
1. Astradyne (Steven Wilson Stereo Mix) – Ultravox
2. Sketch For Summer – The Durutti Column
3. Health And Efficiency - This Heat
4. Cognitive Dissonance (Steven Wilson 2022 Mix) – Robert Fripp And The League of Gentlemen
5. Three Dancers (Steven Wilson 2021 Mix) - Twelfth Night

LP 2
SIDE 1
1. Airwaves - Thomas Dolby
2. Knife Slits Water - A Certain Ratio
3. Donimo - Cocteau Twins
4. Beehead (7” Version) - Perennial Divide

SIDE 2
1. No Motion - Dif Juz
2. Gutter Busting – SLAB!
3. The Host Of Seraphim - Dead Can Dance
4. R.E.S. - Cardiacs
5. Night Sky, Sweet Earth - No-Man 

7LP

LP 1
Side A
1. I Should Have Known Better – Wire
2. A Better Home In The Phantom Zone – Bill Nelson’s Red Noise
3. Back To Nature – Magazine
4. Complicated Game (Steven Wilson 2014 Stereo Mix) - XTC

Side B
1. Careering – Public Image Limited
2. The Raven – The Stranglers
3. Puppet Life – Punishment Of Luxury
4. Astradyne (Steven Wilson Stereo Mix) – Ultravox
5. Contract – Gang Of Four

LP 2
Side A
1. I Travel (Extended Version) – Simple Minds
2. Sketch For Summer – The Durutti Column
3. Cognitive Dissonance (Steven Wilson 2022 Mix) – Robert Fripp And The League Of Gentlemen
4. The Fatal Day – In Camera

Side B
1. Health And Efficiency - This Heat
2. Burning Car – John Foxx
3. I Can't Escape Myself - The Sound
4. The Eternal - Joy Division

LP 3
Side A
1. Big Empty Field - Swell Maps
2. Enemies - Art Nouveau
3. The Joy Circuit - Gary Numan
4. The Gospel Comes To New Guinea - 23 Skidoo

Side B
1. All My Colours - Echo And The Bunnymen
2. Ghost Town (Extended Version) - The Specials
3. They All Run After The Carving Knife - New Musik
4. The Him - New Order

LP 4
Side A
1. White Car In Germany (Single Edit) - The Associates
2. Sealand - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3. Talking Drum – Japan
4. Faith - The Cure

Side B
1. Hit - Section 25
2. Three Dancers (Steven Wilson 2021 Mix) - Twelfth Night
3. Airwaves - Thomas Dolby
4. Are You Ready? - Crispy Ambulance
5. The Outsider - Rupert Hine

4CD

CD 1
1. I Should Have Known Better – Wire
2. A Better Home In The Phantom Zone – Bill Nelson’s Red Noise
3. Back To Nature – Magazine
4. Complicated Game (Steven Wilson 2014 Mix) - XTC
5. Careering – Public Image Limited
6. The Raven – The Stranglers
7. Puppet Life – Punishment Of Luxury
8. Astradyne (Steven Wilson Stereo Mix) – Ultravox
9. Contract – Gang Of Four
10. I Travel (Extended Version) – Simple Minds
11. Sketch For Summer – The Durutti Column
12. Health And Efficiency - This Heat
13. Burning Car – John Foxx
14. Cognitive Dissonance (Steven Wilson 2022 Mix) – Robert Fripp And The League of Gentlemen
15. Fatal Day – In Camera

CD 2
1. I Can't Escape Myself - The Sound
2. The Eternal - Joy Division
3. Big Empty Field - Swell Maps
4. Enemies - Art Nouveau
5. The Joy Circuit - Gary Numan
6. The Gospel Comes To New Guinea - 23 Skidoo
7. All My Colours - Echo And The Bunnymen
8. Ghost Town (Extended Version) - The Specials
9. They All Run After The Carving Knife - New Musik
10. The Him - New Order
11. White Car In Germany (Single Edit) - The Associates
12. Hit - Section 25
13. Sealand - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
14. Talking Drum - Japan
15. Faith - The Cure

CD 3
1. Three Dancers (Steven Wilson 2021 Mix) - Twelfth Night
2. Airwaves - Thomas Dolby
3. Are You Ready? - Crispy Ambulance
4. The Outsider - Rupert Hine
5. Knife Slits Water - A Certain Ratio
6. Memories Fade - Tears For Fears
7. Patient - Peter Hammill
8. Donimo - Cocteau Twins
9. In A Waiting Room - Mr And Mrs Smith And Mr Drake
10. Close (To The Edit) - The Art Of Noise
11. Dalis Car - Dalis Car
12. Rawhide - Scott Walker
13. Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian
14. Dream Within A Dream – Propaganda

CD 4
1. Waking The Witch - Kate Bush
2. Ivy And Neet - This Mortal Coil
3. Beehead (7” Version) - Perennial Divide
4. This Corrosion – The Sisters Of Mercy
5. Ascension - O Yuki Conjugate
6. No Motion - Dif Juz
7. Gutter Busting – SLAB!
8. Murderers, The Hope Of Women - Momus
9. The Host Of Seraphim - Dead Can Dance
10. R.E.S. - Cardiacs
11. Good Morning Beautiful - The The
12. Omega Amigo - The Shamen
13. Night Sky, Sweet Earth - No-Man
14. The 3rd Time We Opened The Capsule - Kitchens Of Distinction

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